The deciding difference is operational: Nango can run on infrastructure you control, Browserbase cannot. If that constraint is real for you, it settles the choice before anything else is considered.
Managed headless browsers with stealth and session replay, plus Stagehand.
Open-source integration platform — you own the OAuth and the sync logic.
| Browserbase | Nango | |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | Proprietary | Open source |
| Pricing | freemium | freemium |
| Self-hostable | No | Yes |
| Languages | TypeScript, Python | TypeScript, Python |
| Install | — | — |
| Keys required | BROWSERBASE_API_KEY, BROWSERBASE_PROJECT_ID | NANGO_SECRET_KEY |
The deciding difference is operational: Nango can run on infrastructure you control, Browserbase cannot. If that constraint is real for you, it settles the choice before anything else is considered. Browserbase: Managed headless browsers with stealth and session replay, plus Stagehand. Nango: Open-source integration platform — you own the OAuth and the sync logic.
Browserbase is a hosted service only. Nango can run on your own infrastructure.
Browserbase is proprietary (freemium). Nango is open source (freemium).
Every page here answers to Accept: text/markdown and returns the same content at roughly a tenth the tokens. No separate site, no toggle — same URL.
curl -s -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://newagent.build/compare/browserbase-vs-nango